University of Kent

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Reply 2160

Missy67

I'm not quite sure how much I'll need to spend on everything, so it's hard to work out a proper budget...

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Reply 2161

Exopaladin

I've not really worked out a budget per se, I have worked out that I should have somewhere between £90 and £120 a week to live on (after rent) though, so I'll probably be ok. :p:

Reply 2162

GodspeedGehenna

Exopaladin

I've not really worked out a budget per se, I have worked out that I should have somewhere between £90 and £120 a week to live on (after rent) though, so I'll probably be ok. :p:

Wow, you guys are gunna be loaded.

Why such a high budget?

Reply 2163

GodspeedGehenna

Can anyone do me a favour?

I need to work out whether or not VOIP (Voice-over IP telephones) will work at Parkwood. I vaguely remember seeing a .pdf listing all of the applications that were allowed, and I think that was one of them.

I'll rep whoever finds it :biggrin:

Reply 2164

Exopaladin

GodspeedGehenna

Wow, you guys are gunna be loaded.

Why such a high budget?

Full grant + loan + bursary as my parents are separated and I live with my mum who has very little income.

GodspeedGehenna

http://www.kent.ac.uk/is/computing/sbs/voip.html This seems to indicate that you're stuck with Freewire or Skype at the moment. :/

Edit: And this is the full list of available services I think: http://www.kent.ac.uk/is/computing/sbs/availableservices.html

Reply 2165

the wolf at the door

So is the accommodation fee taken out weekly? i thought it was all just taken out in one go?

Reply 2166

GodspeedGehenna

the wolf at door

So is the accommodation fee taken out weekly? i thought it was all just taken out in one go?

No, it's in three termly installments.

(Is termly a word?)

Reply 2167

the wolf at the door

GodspeedGehenna

No, it's in three termly installments.

(Is termly a word?)

So how come people always talk about how much their accommodation costs weekly?

(ye i think it is)

Reply 2168

Em_maK

You can pay termly or yearly, I believe...so I'm not really counting the rent in my budget.

If I run out of money I can always visit the Bank of Mum and Dad...tho I want to try not to- my brother did it allllll the time!

I really won't know my budget until I get there, and I'm guessing that the first few months will have no real budget at all....just partaaayyyy time :biggrin:

Reply 2169

TrippleJDandCokePlease

the wolf at door

So how come people always talk about how much their accommodation costs weekly?

(ye i think it is)

It is taken out Termly. People talk about weekly rent as it helps some people budget.

Reply 2170

Em_maK

God I need to get off the internet and unpack from hols/tidy my room....I cba....

Reply 2171

Truered

the wolf at door

So how come people always talk about how much their accommodation costs weekly?

(ye i think it is)

£66 a week means a bit more to me then £945 for three months :woo:

Reply 2172

katkit

Everyone seems to have money for Freshers Week; I'm completely broke! Looks like it'll be me and my laptop :wink:

**** I hope I somehow get my hands on some money for Freshers...

Reply 2173

the wolf at the door

Truered

£66 a week means a bit more to me then £945 for three months :woo:

why? If you just take that £945 away from the money you have, then you'll know how much you'll have left for the three months won't you?

Reply 2174

Truered

the wolf at door

why? If you just take that £945 away from the money you have, then you'll know how much you'll have left for the three months won't you?

I've already worked out how much I'll have left after taking into account all of my accomm fees and bursaries. :yep:

Unfortunately I also have to worry about utility bills unlike last year where it was all included.

I think about money too much :o:

Reply 2175

ChicaBonita

I've worked out how much I'll have left over, looking at the termly accomodation payments and my loans that come through around the same time.
The stupid thing is, I have to pay the largest sum for the accomodation at the beginning when my loan is at its lowest, and then the accomodation payments lower as my loans get higher. I'm gonna be rich by the end of the year (yeah right, but I'm left with 60 squid to spend after the first lot of money has come/gone through :frown:

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Reply 2176

jus-mi

katkit

Everyone seems to have money for Freshers Week; I'm completely broke! Looks like it'll be me and my laptop :wink:

**** I hope I somehow get my hands on some money for Freshers...

lolol everyones broke!! were all relying on the maintenance loan/grant from the student finance lolol

Reply 2177

Jharrison10

Is the bursary supposed to come up on student finance website does anyone know? As i should get it but it hasn't appeared on there yet. Also for everyone who's worried about freshers' week, i'm taking money from overdraft then paying it back once the loan comes through.

I can't budget yet either as i still haven't been allocated accommodation lol!

Reply 2178

Truered

ChicaBonita

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In my first term I was on -£100 loan during the first term when I would (possibly) need books, and other fees. In the six week summer term I was about +£500

Reply 2179

kram322

Em_maK

It may be hard to believe but not everyone has facebook :p:

I knoooooooooooooow im not that dim >_< lol

on the budget front my first installment just covers my first accom payment with about £10 to spare :eek: